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Thursday, June 25, 2009

During the week of June 15, "Late Show with David Letterman" scored 200,000 more viewers than "The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien." Those numbers are from an NBC press release -- and, natch, the Peacock is spinning the fact that Coco's viewers are younger than Dave's:

Conan won the week by a 67 percent margin in adult 18-49 viewers (1.8 million adults 18-49 vs. 1.1 million for "Late Show"), up from a 53 percent win during the same week last year and up from a 34 percent "Tonight" margin for the season through the end of May.

In the younger half of the key 18-49 demographic, adults 18-34, Conan won the week by a towering 164 percent margin (930,000 adults 18-34 vs. "Late Show's" 352,000), up from 103 percent for the same week last year and up from 50 percent for "Tonight" this season through the end of May.

The press release also includes some interesting info regarding the average age of late night viewers. During the week of June 15, the median age of Conan's audience was 45.8; Letterman's, 57.0; Jimmy Fallon, 44.0; Craig Ferguson, 53.5; "Nightline," 57.9; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 53.1.